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How Often Do AI Agents Need Updates or Maintenance?

Ongoing costs: model upgrades, skill edits, connector drift, eval debt, and monthly sustain budgets.

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Plan monthly skill tweaks, quarterly eval refresh, and immediate patches when APIs or policies change. Budget 10–20% of build cost annually for sustain.

Key points

  • Model upgrades can shift tone — regression required
  • CRM field changes break connectors silently
  • Assign a Keeper — orphan agents rot

Maintenance calendar

Cadence Task
Weekly Sample review 20 outputs
Monthly Eval add failures
Quarterly Policy + connector audit
Ad hoc Vendor API deprecation

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